The Only Restriction We Place on the Initial Solution of a Transportation

Multiple Choice

The only restriction we place on the initial solution of a transportation problem is that

A) we must have nonzero quantities in a majority of the boxes.
B) all constraints must be satisfied.
C) demand must be less than supply.
D) we must have a number (equal to the number of rows plus the number of columns minus one) of boxes that contain nonzero quantities.
E) None of the above